Pseudomugil F. (Forktail Rainbow) Stocking questions.

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Eifert Posting

Discussion Starter · Mar 3, 2014

I'm stocking some P. Furcatus Rainbows in my 45^3 tank and am leaning towards 8. It's an established tank, over a year with good parameters and about 7.5 PH. I have a few questions:

1. What's a good ratio of males to females? Leaning 3-5 or 2-6.

2. Should I supplement peas and blanched lettuce with pellets and live food or count on them feeding off the salad bar I currently have in my tank? (Hydro, hairgrass, anubias, frogbit. I'm culling about a half a pound of trimmings every couple of weeks. Stuff almost visibly grows)

3. I have an open top and plan on adding guards to prevent jumpers. What's a good distance over the water? ten cm? fifteen?

Here are a couple of shots of the salad bar. I love hygro angustifolia, just wish it would grow straight-ish.

That's actually after a major pruning.

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wrm130

· #2 · Mar 3, 2014

They are very active. Very active. I had a few in my 40g long and they chased eash other non stop all day......

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mnemenoi

· #3 · Mar 3, 2014

The Furcatas and Signifers always seemed to do better in less densely planted tanks for us, whereas Gertrudaes and Paskais did far better in densely planted tanks. Otherwise I usually try and shoot for 3/5 on ratio, but they are all good with something close to that. The Signifers and Furcatas were always jumpers and we ended up with solid glass lids, the others were always in open top tanks and never a jumper

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Eifert Posting

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 4, 2014

mnemenoi said:
The Furcatas and Signifers always seemed to do better in less densely planted tanks for us, whereas Gertrudaes and Paskais did far better in densely planted tanks. Otherwise I usually try and shoot for 3/5 on ratio, but they are all good with something close to that. The Signifers and Furcatas were always jumpers and we ended up with solid glass lids, the others were always in open top tanks and never a jumper

So you're definitely recommending the gertrudae. Any tips on their diet?

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mnemenoi

· #5 · Mar 4, 2014

I feed flake, frozen brine, and frozen Mysis, they take anything. Gertrudaes are the easiest to acquire most likely, but the Paskais are a bit more colorful. Both are about equal in behavior and activity, the Paskais are a bit larger though.

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wrm130

· #6 · Mar 5, 2014

I've managed to breed gertrudae several times. Microworms and crushed flakes work great. Anything small and soft. Avoid pellets. I've seen them choke on crushed pellets. Not cool

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mattjm20

· #7 · Mar 5, 2014

wrm130 said:
I've managed to breed gertrudae several times. Microworms and crushed flakes work great. Anything small and soft. Avoid pellets. I've seen them choke on crushed pellets. Not cool

My boesemani have tried to steal pellets from my cory cats at times and had trouble. I now make an effort to feed the pellets only when the lights are out, so the cats get them but the rainbows don't. Definitely good advice.

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